Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 18 - continued 1 village stopping to drink from coconuts which were provided by a man who was out tanning coconut sprouts for toddy; we followed the beach part way back to the village looking for shorebirds - we saw many Ruddy Turnstones, Golden Plover and Wandering Tattlers, as well as a couple of Bristle-thighed Curlew but nothing unusual; we passed by the school on our way back to the center of the village and saw Chris and Ray inside watching the children sing, so we went inside also; Chris had arranged with the schoolteacher yesterday to come to school today to take movies of the children singing and dancing; we got there just as they were preparing to go outside and dance, so we got to see the children twist and do Gilbertese hula; the school, the schoolteacher's house and many other huts on the island display pictures of Queen Elizabeth or other members of the royal family; one of the children in the group was carrying a Common Noddy chick- indicating that they are nesting somewhere on the island; we left the school children about noon and returned to the raft, meeting Ken and Roger there; they had collected: 1 Pacific Pigeon, 1 Reef Heron, 3 Golden Plover, 2 Ruddy Turnstones, 1 Bristle-thighed Curlew, and 2 Hawaiian Noddies; Chief Redfeather gave the children who had watched the raft a quarter and then we shewed the scads of little natives off the raft and headed for Oneakai at 12:45, leaving Chris and Ray still photographing the children; on the way into the island we approached a sand bar with about twenty Crested Terns on it so Roger grabbed the gun and swung the raft so as the shot would not carry onto the island - somehow Roger froze and the shot was never fired; (over)